Vehicle 59283
Class 120
Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Cross Country
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: BR Standard
Lot Number: 30336
Diagram: 561
Allocations
| 4w/e 12/07/58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jul-58 | On loan to | 61A (Kittybrewster) | |
| Aug-58 | Ex-loan back to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| Mar-67 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| Jul-67 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 16C (Derby Etches Park) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | DY | |
| 16/03/83 | Withdrawn from | DY (Derby Etches Park) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 50720 | 59283 | 50676 | Transfer to 61A - Jul-58 - on loan | ||||||
| 50720 | 59283 | 50676 | Transfer to CDF - Aug-58 - ex-loan | ||||||
| 50720 | 59283 | 50676 | Noted 6th August 1958 - Special Aberdeen-Keith excursion | ||||||
| 50718 | 59283 | 50669 | Transfer to 84A - Mar-67 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59283 | 50669 | Transfer to 82A - Jul-67 | ||||||
| 50718 | 59283 | 50669 | Noted circa Nov-67 - in plain blue with yellow panel ends | ||||||
| 50730 | 59283 | 50677 | Noted 21/08/71 - at Derby1 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59283 | 50677 | Noted 02/10/1971 - at Derby2 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59283 | 50677 | Noted 15/07/72 - at Thetford3 | ||||||
| 50734 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 11/05/73 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 50697 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 29/06/74 - on 12:11 Leamington-Birmingham NS | ||||||
| 50697 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 24/08/74 - at Nottingham3 | ||||||
| 50697 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 06/07/1975 - at Derby4 | ||||||
| 50697 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 05/12/1975 - at Loughborough4 | ||||||
| 50742 | 59283 | 50652 | Noted 17/08/76 - on 1947 Derby-Lincoln St Marks | ||||||
| 50720 | 59283 | 50670 | Noted 27/11/1976 - RCTS (West Midlands Branch)Reunion Railtour 50677-59255-50730+50720-59283-50670 | ||||||
| 50720 | 59283 | 50670 | Noted 03/12/76 - at Bury St Edmunds3 | ||||||
| 50720 | 59283 | 50670 | Noted 27/08/77 - on 2E84 0645 Derby-Lincoln St Marks with 50305 + 59119 + 50329 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 01/06/79 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 14/06/80 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| 50730 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 25/07/81 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
| EP516 | 50730 | 59283 | 50656 | Listed at DY - circa Jun-82 | |||||
| EP516 | 50730 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted 19/06/82 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| EP516 | 50730 | 59283 | 50656 | Noted circa 08/19825 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
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Date: July 1958
In late July 1958 Swindon Cross-Country set W50720 + W59283 + W50676 prepares to leave Inverness with the 12.45pm to Aberdeen. The set was borrowed from the Western Region for a few weeks for trials. Great North of Scotland Railway Association.